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actually you can have an unlimited level variable. what you see there is a query stored in variables.tempquery which i am then referencing the item number of. and yes, i agree, what good would a table with just an item number in it be, especially if it could be a record without one? lol, youre right, it has MANY more columns to it but i was having problems with it and taking out columns to try to find my problem.

i think youve got the answer there with the not null, its not allowing null values.

thanks rudy!

ill tell you more about multi level variables if you want, i use them ALL the time